من أمام الــــ UN أبناء الهامش: ! Bashir regime must go (توثيق مصور)

Gabriel Stauring

Gabriel Stauring is Co-founder and Director of Stop Genocide Now. Has worked as a Family Consultant, providing in- home therapy for abused children and their families. He graduated from California State University at Dominguez Hills with a major in Behavioral Science. Gabriel became involved in Darfur Genocide and Sudan peace cause out of a sense of personal responsibility. He believes in the power of community and compassion, combined with personal empowerment, to bring about meaningful, positive change. Gabriel lives in Hermosa Beach, with his two children and his wife. Some of the campaigns initiated and/ or led by Gabriel include the 100- day fast for Darfur, 100,000 postcards to legislators, Darfur Freedom Summer Vigils, Camp Darfur, Darfur Fast for life, i-Act, Sudan Shame Elections, and this is Darfur among other grassroots actions and presentations. He has visited the refugee camps on the Chad-Darfur borders ten times.
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Faith McDonnell

Faith J. H. McDonnell directs the Religious Liberty Program and Church Alliance for a New Sudan, at The Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, DC. She is the co-author of Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda’s Children. She has been an advocate for the marginalized and oppressed people in Sudan, for the persecuted church worldwide, and for other human rights issues since 1993.
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Sharon Silber

Sharon Silber, Ph.D. has worked as a child and family psychologist for over 25 years, teaching at several New York area hospitals as a professor of child psychiatry, and conducting research in child abuse, developmental psychopathology and child and family responses to trauma
In 1993, she founded the Jewish Ad Hoc Committee on Bosnia (JACOB), which later became Jews Against Genocide. In that capacity, she has worked to organize many events to educate Americans about genocide, as well as organizing vigils, demonstrations, civil disobedience and human rights lobbying around this issue
In 1997, she was part of a human rights delegation to Bosnia, examining the conditions of life of survivors of Srebrenica and she presented a paper at the first Sarajevo conference on genocide. The following year she returned to Bosnia to teach a course on the treatment of trauma at Tuzla University for local and international personnel working with genocide survivors. In 2000, she testified as expert witness in the trial (in abstentia) of Radovan Karadzic in US federal court by the Center for Constitutional Rights. She has also served as keynote speaker for the International Meeting of the Society for Threatened Peoples in Gottingen, Germany
Currently, she is co-director of the New York Coalition for Darfur and all Sudan, one of the most active grassroots organizations for Sudan in the United States and of DarfurMetro, a regional consortium of grassroots organizations in the tri-state area. In that capacity, she has met with the office of the Special Envoy to Sudan, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, and the UN Security Council. She continues to organize educational events, demonstrations, and lobbying on behalf of New York Coalition, recently meeting with NY Senator’s offices to apprise them of current conditions in Southern Kordofan, Darfur and other regions of Sudan, and to urge them to press Secretary of State Clinton for more robust action to end human rights abuses in Sudan. In addition to her work on Sudan, she also advocates around issues of mass human rights violations in Eastern Congo and Burma. She is the US representative to the UN for the Society for Threatened Peoples, a European NGO with whom she has worked since 1998 when she issued a joint statement with the group calling for the lifting of the blockade on the delivery of aid to South Sudan on the 50thanniversary of the Berlin airlift
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Bruce Knotts

Bruce Knotts was born and raised in California.  He got his Bachelor’s Degree in History from Pepperdine University and his Master’s Degree in International Education from the Monterey Institute of International Studies; both in California.  Bruce was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia.  He worked for Raytheon in Saudi Arabia (1976-80) and on a World Bank contract in Somalia (1982-4), before he joined the Department of State as a U.S. diplomat in 1984.  Bruce had diplomatic assignments in Greece, Zambia, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire and The Gambia, where he was Deputy Chief of Mission.  While in Cote d’Ivoire, Bruce served as the Regional Refugee Coordinator for West Africa covering 16 nations from Mauritania to Nigeria, but focusing on the refugees from the conflicts in Sierra Leone, Liberia and later in Cote d’Ivoire itself.  This was the assignment where Bruce had his most sustained contact with the UN system.  He evaluated programs and recommended funding for UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, UNDP, WHO and many NGOs working with refugees in West Africa.  Bruce worked closely with several UN Special Representatives and observed UN peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone from 2000-2003.  Bruce was the acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Khartoum from 1997-2000. He regularly and personally delivered official American protests to the Sudanese government over its bombing of civilians in Sudan. Bruce retired from the Foreign Service in 2007 and joined the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office as its Executive Director at the beginning of 2008. Bruce chairs the UN NGO Committee on Human Rights since 2010. Bruce has attended meetings of the UN Sudan Working Group and helped organize a group concerned with gender-based violence in Sudan. Bruce h e a d s the UN Faith and Ethics Network for the International Criminal Court (FENICC). As FENICC chair, Bruce supports the arrest and prosecution of all those indicted by the ICC, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Bruce is determined to do what he can to ensure a safe and dignified life for all the people living in both Sudan and South Sudan
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Jason K. Levy, PhD

Associate Professor, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Director, National Homeland Security Project
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University USA
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Molefi Asante

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is the most published African American historian, the author of 72 books, and his ancestors are from Sudan and Nigeria. He is the founder of the theory of Afrocentricity, a strong anti-racist, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonialist activist. Asante teaches at Temple University in Philadelphia and his book, The History of Africa, is the most popular African history. Dr. Asante is committed to condemning the Sudanese regime for crimes against the indigenous people. Dr. Asante's websites are www.asante.net, www.afrocentricityinternational.org, and www.mkainstitute.com. He is speaking at the rally as the International Representative of Afrocentricity International, a worldwide African consciousness group led by Dr. Ama Mazama.
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Esther Sprague

Esther Sprague has been a Sudan activist since 2003 after she met Mamer Kuer Ajak, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Together they advocate for an end to genocide in Sudan, democratic transformation of the country, and peace and prosperity for all Sudanese. Esther has traveled to Juba twice - once in 2008 for the SPLM's National Convention. She serves on the executive committees for the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition and the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan: the National Network. As the Director of Sudan Unlimited, she seeks to inform policy and to promote and develop projects that support the people of Sudan.
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Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail
  
1995 attended Omdurman Ahlia University 
1996 was selected and sent to Uganda Christian University for seminary in Uganda
1999 was elected as Chairman of International students in Uganda Christian University 
2000 was appointed to teach in Shokai Bible Training Institute part-time 
2000 was elected as General Secretary of the Diocese of Kadugli. 
2002 Consecrated as the youngest bishop in the Anglican Communion of the Diocese of Kadugli, Sudan;  Bishop 
2004 Selected Chairman of Christian and Muslim Dialogue Committee, in Nuba
Mountains Region: conducted many workshops between Muslims and Christian resulting in successful mutual understanding and co-existence among the community  
2006 appointed by Archbishop of Sudan to be the Chairman of Interfaith and
Ecumenical Relations Committee: conducted workshops and participated in international conference in Egypt, Japan, and Nigeria. 
2008 appointed Assistant Secretary of Bishop’s Council, of Episcopal Church of the Sudan 
2008 appointed Chairman of Peace Building Committee, in the Diocese of Kadugli 
2008 Founder and Chairman of Rivers of Kush Trading Company in Sudan. 
2009 January appointed by the Government of South Kordufan  State as religious Advisor. 
2011 August appointed by the Archbishop and Primate of Episcopal Church of Sudan as Chairman
of Advocate Task Force in the Republic of the Sudan
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HON Frank Rudolph Wolf

Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th
WOLF, Frank Rudolph, a Representative from Virginia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 30, 1939; attended the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1957-1958; B.A., Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa., 1961; LL.B., Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., 1965; United States Army Reserve, 1962-1967; lawyer, private practice; staff for United States Representative Edward G. Biester, Jr., of Pennsylvania, 1968-1971; staff for United States Secretary of Interior Rogers C.B. Morton, 1971-1974; deputy assistant secretary, United States Department of the Interior, 1974-1975; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States House of Representative in 1976; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representative in 1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses January 3, 1981 - present
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Slater Armstrong

Slater Armstrong is founder and director of Joining Our Voices Enterprises. He is a worship leader, a missionary, a songwriter, musician and recording artist who has spent the last 14 years of his life laboring to create a means of broadcasting the “voice” of the Christians in Sudan through their own indigenous songs. His call to this work came in 1997 after hearing first hand testimony from the late Rev. Mark Nikkel, missionary to Sudan, and his two companions, The Rt. Rev. Nathaniel Garang, Sudanese Episcopal Bishop of Bor Diocese, and the Rev. Bartholomeyo Bol Deng, a song leader of the now infamous “Lost Boys” of Sudan  
Slater’s first trip to Sudan was along the southern border with Uganda in 1999. He arranged and paid for cartage of all necessary recording equipment to be brought with him to Uganda and Sudan. These recordings culminated in his first project, Even In Sorrow, which blends their music with the sounds of American and Celtic musicians, and carries the words of their choirs translated into English verse
Since 2003, Slater has returned to Sudan four times with an emphasis on the Christians in the Nuba Mountains, hosted by Bishop Andudu in the Diocese of Kadugli. Two of these trips were for recording audio and video, and two trips were with development organizations. He has been involved with the Sudan advocacy network in America throughout this time, participating in rallies, walks, conferences and other events. Currently, he is working to finish two music projects and a documentary on the historical and Biblical significance of the people of Kush, with special emphasis on the Nuba tribes and people groups. 
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Dr. Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond

Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond, M.D. is the Chairwoman of the Save Darfur Coalition. She has been the Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Boston, MA since 1997 and a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center since 1981
Rev. Dr. White-Hammond has a long history of involvement in community service. She is the founder of and consultant to the church-based creative writing/mentoring ministry called “Do The Write Thing” for high-risk black adolescent females. The project, which began in 1994 with four girls, now serves over 200 young women through small groups in two Boston public schools, two juvenile detention facilities in Boston and on site at Bethel AME Church. In 2003, Rev. White-Hammond became the Co-Convener of The Red Tent Group with Rabbi Elaine Zecher of Temple Israel, which brings together Christian women and Jewish women for small group Torah/Bible study.
Dr. White-Hammond’s work as a humanitarian has achieved global impact
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THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL

THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL is a movement, and a multi-media, activist performance, that utilizes, film, music and live performance to create awareness and inspire action. The project was inspired by the book, “The Most Dangerous Animal,” written by author and collaborator, David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D. The performance piece dramatically describes man’s violent nature, and urges the audience to join us to “stop the killing”, with the reminder that more than 200 Million humans have been killed in the past century in wars and genocide
For information on THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL performance and movement, or Al Sutton Productions, visit: http://www.themostdangerousanimal.com
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AL SUTTON, MD

American filmmaker, actor, and physician, Al Sutton, MD, has produced a variety of films of different genres, including documentaries in the medical field, historic events, and theatrical films
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sutton
He created a movement to end genocide and war; his short film is part of a multi-media, theatrical production consisting of live performance, film and music, entitled, "The Most Dangerous Animal." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3623496
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JEANNE MCGILL

Publicist for Al Sutton, Al Sutton Productions, Publicist/Line Producer for "The Most Dangerous Animal"
Equality and rights activist, McGill is a publicist and supervises distribution of numerous film projects
to international film festivals, including the award-winning documentary, "Equality, I am Woman", and
"The Most Dangerous Animal", by Al Sutton
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Amin Zakaria

Amin considered the first Sudanese who had post graduate studies in the field of Medical Sociology, his study on the Socio-economic impact of disease was funded by the UN/WHO through Michigan Lab and Institute of Endemic Diseases; he was a Lecturer at Ahfad University for Women and the University of Khartoum in the 1990s. He was the youngest politician among Komollo; the Nuba Mountains organization led by late Yousif Kuwa, Abdelaziz Alhilu and others in 1970s and 1980s those who decided to join the SPLM in the mid 1980’s. He was one of the directors of all Nuba conference in SPLM/A liberated areas in 2002 attended by late Dr. John Grang He is the co- founder of Sudanese Marginalized forum in Washington DC in 2004 that forum recommended by Late Dr. John Grang. Also Amin worked as SPLM political Advisor for Nuba Mountains. Now he is writing a book on the Role of imposed Arabization and Islamization on the Sudanese Conflicts and Identity crisis. Also he is doing a research on Leadership policy and change Amin is a co-chair of Nuba Mountains Advocacy group in USA
He was the head of the pervious UN rally committee on August 5th 2011, as well as the Head of the Advisory Committee on this rally
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Hamdan Goumaa

Hailed from Southern Kordofan, joined SPLM in the early 1990s. Engaged in the region’s politics at an early age and has taken an active role in combating the NCP divisive policies among the Messeriya and other communities in the area. He was one of the founders of the New Sudan Brigade (NSB) in Asmara. Has more than 20 years work experience with the UN and International NGOs in the post conflict situation in Africa and South East Asia. Assigned by the late DR. John Grange to put together an integration project in the Peace Markets zone created by the Messeriya, Dinka and the SPLM/A during the war.
Presently sitting as a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB) for the Global Majority; an international organization dedicated to the promotion of nonviolent conflict resolution and a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Conflict Studies at Monterey Institute of International studies (MIIS). Goumaa Holds a BSc. in economics and political science from Khartoum University and an MSA on Conflict Resolution from MIIS
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William Bol Gai Deng or William Deng

1- Homeland Security and Political Sciences graduated at Virginia Commonwealth University
2- Homeland Security Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.
3- President and executive director of Southern Sudan Project
4- President of Aweil Youth Association in the U.S.A
5- President of Total Access Preparatory Academy. "critical thinking education"
5- The Black history and the making Awarded 2008 at VCU.
6- Organizer of Sudanese Marginalized dialogue Conferences at VCU Campus.
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Abdalla Babikir

Abdallah Babikir is Secretary General of New Sudan Workers Trade Union Federal Abroad, member of Sons of Blue Nile Association, a Coalition Partner of Voices for Sudan and also member of Marginalized Forces Forum for Peace and Development. He attended Workers University in Cairo from 1996 to 1998. He is a contributor to the magazine, Voice of Workers. Babikir has participated in a number of seminars and grassroots movements to raise the awareness about the human rights situation in Sudan and the genocide in Darfur. Apart from activism on policy matters on Sudan, Babikir is also engaged in labor union activities. Babikir attended workshops and rallies with labor union organization such as the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS), better known as the Solidarity Center, TASSC, and others on labor union groups, to advocate for actions such as rights for migrant in the United States
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Martin Buba

Martin is an activist from Blue Nile
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Sameer Ali Kuku

Graduate from university of Khartoum, School of engineering, Secretary General of Nuba Mountains Student at the University and the higher Institutes, SPLM/SK/NM Bureau of Elcation (Director Voter Education Trainer)
Now majoring in economics in University of Rochester NY. Sameer been targeted as one of Nuba intellectuals, and he is an eye witness of the recent genocide genocide in Nuba Mountains. Sameer Just arrived a few weeks ago to US for the first time as student.
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Dr.Abdelgabar Adam

Darfur activist .former president of the Sudanese Community in PhiladelphiaPresident of the Darfur Coalition of USA
Founder/President of Darfur Human Rights Organization of the United States of America
Spoke congressional committees and the United Nations on human rights ,genocide and children and women's rights
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Ibrahim Tahir Ahmed

Co-founder and director of Beja organization for human right and development BHRD
- Information and statistics Secretary , Beja congress, Red Sea state from 2004 to 2007
- Lecturer and faculty member , Department of Statistics and Population Studies, Red Sea University, 2003 to 12/2008
-Founder and director of Beja cultural studies center (BCSC) Red sea university , sudan from 2004 to 2007
Contact person of Beja congress ,great washington DC chapter
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Hassan Ali Sharif

 Nuba Mountains Activist
 Member of tillo student union 1972 – 1979
 Founder / Chairman of Nuba Mountains Student Union – Egypt 1975—1979
 Chairman of South Kordofan Association - Kingdom Saudi Arabia 1982—1986
 Chairman of Joint Committee for Nuba Mountains People –Egypt& Middle East 2001 –2004
 Chairman Nuba Mountains International Association of Canada 2010 – to date
 Member of SPLA/M North Sudan.
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Hamza Musa
 
Hamza Hamed Musa Kafi was born in the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan to a local farmer Hamed Musa Kafi and his wife Kaltum Hassan Kafi. Hamza started his primary education at Krongo Abdalla Elementary School and joined the SPLA’s red army in 1992 after the Sudanese government closed down all the schools in the Nuba Mountains. Having moved to Ethiopia, he attended middle school in the Dima Refugee Camp and some of high school in Pungindo Refugee Camp. Hamza came to the United States in August of 2001 and continued his education, graduating from Glencliff High School in Nashville, Tennessee two years later. Then he earned a bachelor’s degree of sciences in biochemistry at Tennessee State University in December 2008. He is currently training for a private pilot’s license in Smyrna, Tennessee and planning to go to pharmacy school after completing the training
Hamza was inspired by the message of commander Abdul-Aziz Adam when he addressed a group of boys included Hamza during their journey to Ethiopia. Al-Hilu said, “SPLA is taking you to school in Ethiopia where you are going to study to become doctors, engineers, professors, lawyers, pilots, and commanders-in-chief in the SPLA”
As a result of Al-Hilu’s message, Hamza was able to pursue his academic career goal over the past 10 years since he came to the United States
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Achual Alor Bulabek

Achual Alor Bulabek is the chairman of the Abyei Ngok Community Association in the United States, has worked for Sudanese community in Utah as social facilitator, lives in Salt Lake City Utah
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Omer Idris

Omer Idris one of most Beja activist in US. He is co-founder of the Sudanese Marginalized forum in Washington D.C in 2004.
He Co-founder and vice director of Beja organization for human right and development BHRD